Dictionary entry

Dropsy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Drop″sy (?), n.; pl.Dropsies (#). [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. � dropsy, fr. � water. See Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.